Ligue 1 · Sun 8 Nov, 16:15 Logged before kick-off
Brest 2-0 Lyon
Lyon the pick away at Brest
The model's view
Lyon win 38% confidence: low
Early prediction: 32% / 30% / 38%; line-ups didn't change it.
✗ The pick didn't come off. The model gave the result 32%.
The story
- Brest are 11th with 12 points from 9 games, but on performances they rank 3rd: better than the table suggests. Over their last six they have been a little better than average.
- Lyon are 4th with 17 points from 9 games. Given who they have played and where, that is 5 points more than an average side would have taken. Over their last six they have been well above average.
- Against the 6 sides both have played: Brest took 7 points from 6 games, Lyon 13 from 6; on performance Brest were 0.6 goals a game better.
- The caution: Lyon take 1.0 points a game away, against 1.9 overall.
- Both sides at their usual strength.
Worth knowing
Patterns in how these teams' games go. Each states its sample; none of it changes the model's numbers.
Common opponents
Both sides' results against teams they have both played this season, with our performance number for each game.
Team news
Brest: Usual strength. Missing regulars: Pathé Mboup, Raphaël Le Guen. (confirmed XI)
Lyon: Usual strength. Missing regulars: Loïs Openda, Felix Bacher, Abner Vinícius, Pavel Šulc, Mads Bidstrup, Tyler Morton, Ernest Nuamah. (confirmed XI)